About The Curriculum

Funding

This curriculum was developed as a component of the Secretary's Minority AIDS Initiative Funded Jurisdictional Approach to Curing Hepatitis C among HIV/HCV Co-infected People of Color – Jurisdictional Sites project through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB). The award period began on October 1, 2016.

Increase the numbers of HIV/HCV co-infected people who are diagnosed, treated, and cured of HCV infection

Address health disparities among cure of HCV among persons of color living with HIV

Jurisdictional Sites

The 3 RWHAP Part A Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Demonstration Site awardees are:

Hartford Department of Health (Hartford, CT)

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (New York, NY)

Philadelphia Department of Public Health (Philadelphia, PA)

The 2 RWHAP Part B awardees are:

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Louisiana Department of Health

The ETAC for the project:

The RAND Corporation (Arlington, VA)

AETC Program

The AETC NCRC was funded to coordinate and facilitate the development of a national curriculum to be used for self-directed learning by health care providers as well as by trainers of clinical teams across the United States and its territories.

The AETC NCRC partnered with the regional AETCs associated with each of the Part A and B jurisdictional sites to develop the curriculum.

Partnering Regional AETCs

MidAtlantic AETC

New England AETC

Northeast/Caribbean AETC

South Central AETC

Southeast AETC

Curriculum Development Working Group Members (AETC Affiliation)

David Alexander (NCRC)

Philip Bolduc, MD (New England)

Cody Chastain, MD (Southeast)

Francine Cournos, MD (Northeast/Caribbean)

Karen Forgash (NCRC)

Linda Frank, PhD, MSN, ACRN, FAAN (MidAtlantic)

Rachel Galarza, MSHCM (South Central)

Leigh Guarinello, MPH (MidAtlantic)

Mary Jo Hoyt, MSN (NCRC)

Veronica Jones, MPH (NCRC)

Elizabeth Lazo, MPH (NCRC)

Nicolé Mandel (NCRC)

John Nelson, PhD, CPNP (NCRC)

Henry Pacheco, MD (South Central)

Susan Thompson (MidAtlantic)

Stacey Trooskin, MD, PhD (MidAtlantic)

Curriculum Reviewers

Amanda Bowes, MPH, NASTAD; Content Reviewer

Susa Coffey, MD, University of California, San Francisco; Content Reviewer

Britten Pund, BA, NASTAD; Content Reviewer

Dan Czajka, MPH, NASTAD; Content Reviewer

Debbie Isenberg, MPH, Isenberg Consulting; Content Reviewer

Nirah Johnson, LCSW, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Content Reviewer

MaNtsetse Kgama, MPH, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Content Reviewer

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This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U1OHA28686 (AIDS Education and Training Centers National Coordinating Resource Center) awarded to the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center from the Rutgers University School of Nursing. No percentage of this project was financed with non-governmental sources. This information or content and conclusions are those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.